Mt. Fuji Station is served by the 26.6 km (16.5 mi) privately operated Fujikyuko Line from Ōtsuki to Kawaguchiko, and lies 23.6 kilometres (14.7 mi) from the terminus of the line at Ōtsuki Station.[2]
Station layout
The station is a terminus station where trains reverse en route between Ōtsuki and Kawaguchiko, this means for through trains heading towards either destinations, the driver is required to change ends to head back out before diverging onto the appropriate route. It consists of three bay platforms.[1] It has waiting rooms and toilet facilities.[1] The station is staffed.
The station opened on 19 June 1929 as Fuji-Yoshida Station (富士吉田駅).[2] It was renamed on 1 July 2011, following renovations overseen by industrial designer Eiji Mitooka.[1][3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,406 passengers daily.[2]
^ abcde各駅のご案内 [Station information] (in Japanese). Japan: Fujikyuko. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
^ abcTerada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 239. ISBN978-4-7770-1336-4.
^水戸岡鋭治氏、次は富士吉田の市街地をリニューアル!? – 富士山駅誕生式典 [Fujisan Station Opening Ceremony – Eiji Mitooka: Next plan is to renovate the town of Fujiyoshida?]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.